Joe Tosh

I don't have an oven, only a microwave. Something's telling me that will not have the same effect

Looks expensive too

The Speeds are a kind of cut-up slick whilst the Roads are more of a rain tire. The Roads will wear a bit faster on tarmac, but will still give you some traction off-road, where as the Speeds will be pretty useless off road.

When there's water in your tire (that comes through the hole in the rim ) , you don't have much choice. I've done my summit's wheels and that's the only way to get the water out, make 2 opposite holes in each tire.

Don't know if this has been posted here, but if not you should watch this, this is one crazy monster! <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/GzXVLbs41Ew" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Look at 5:55 ouch... If it's old news, please close

Yeah I know, the firestorm was inspired on this I read. Never imagined it would be so similar though. :-)

That chassis and especially the back side sooo looks like an E-firestorm!

Had the same problem, rear springs too soft. I put the optional hpi blue ones on the rear shocks almost 2 yeas ago and it has been fine since then.

I think you will rip a lot of stuff to pieces mostly. But keep us posted!

Alright

Nice it's sorted. It's running a bit rich on he vid, isn't it? It shouldn't smoke, it's not a nitro ;-)

First reaction: Woooow! Then on a second look: I can't imagine the picture shown being the real scale bike, it's just too detailed!

Well put!

The same Ansmann racing charger???

Got the proline gladiators last week. I've used them only on the beach until now. Good traction there The tire is a bit taller than the stock ones, so there's more top speed and a little less acceleration.

That's actually not a bad idea. But then why would the charger not do that by itself? There must be an obscure reason for that

I do storage charge mine as well, but it takes 3 hours per 5000 Mah 2S pack on this brand new Ansmann racing xbase 2.0 :rolleyes: It's a 6A charger, but storage charge is maxed at 2A and that quickly goes down as well whilst in the process... so not really motivating if you got like 8-10 packs to do.

Alright , sounds feasible! 'm Gonna try the heat shrink mod, I think it's a great idea! Thanks for explanation!

Well, that really looks pretty clever! Is the heat shrink in 1 piece from wheel axle over dogbone to the diff cup? No, looking a your photos that's impossible, so it's in 3 pieces on each side if I see it well? You are right, it is the slop between the pin and the slot that causes the premature wear, that's why this time I'm gonna replace the whole shebang instead of just the diff cups. If you can manage to fit thicker pins in the dogbones, make a how-to, I'll be glad to see how you manage that!

Alright then Haven't found another charger with these specs... so I'm kind of eager to get it. Hope it will be affordable though

That is some good thinking. I'll check for any movement in an "unauthorized" direction next time I'll take it apart.

That's actually an interesting idea, got pics of that? However, I think it's not the grit and dirt that cause the excessive wear. Swapping sides is no option for me, it's not the cost that bothers me (diff cups are approx. 10$ in US), it's the labor! It's not like it's a 2 min job.

No it's all fine and original HPI stuff. This will be my 2nd replacement set, I might have had a bad set but i doubt it, since the original ones had the same "disease". I guess the terrain is causing it. As of my next set of diff cups I should take it elsewhere the 10 next packs or so to be able to tell the difference. Here are the original ones, the ones I have worn now are in a even worse state.

I almost never do, before today it was like a year ago.

Really? I hardly can't believe that... And no, I don't jump it at all, that's the strange thing. The only thing I do a lot is run it in my back garden and it's quite bumpy there, meaning the car is jumping (just a bit) up and down all the time and popping small power wheelies over small bumps and holes. I guess the drive train is taking a beating from that. Wouldn't know what else is causing it. But hey it's an off road car, so why the f*** can't i do that? I've loosened the slipper clutch a bit, but that didn't help. And it doesn't wheely anymore so I'm putting it back like it was. I went to the beach today with my semi-worn diff cups and that was it, now they're really gone, they make the drive shafts rattle in every turn. I can't understand what's wrong. The semi-wet sand is a pretty smooth surface so I can't understand why the diff cups wear so fast. I'm hoping that the whole new drive train will do a better job.